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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 3530661, member: 3535"] I kind of thought you might reply to this. :) Please don't take this the wrong way. You and I can easily agree when we see greatness or poor play-- you and I have completely opposite views on nearly everything else. :) So it's not surprising we don't see eye-to-eye. How I see it- DT was born to score form 3. Her jersey even read "3" despite the fact she loved to pass and made a point of publicly speaking of it. But if you as the defender wasn't very close to her off a pick for example, unless someone was wide open underneath, DT was firing up a 3. And as they say when you come in as frosh try to do what you do best. Nearly 65% of DT's shots as a frosh were from 3. DT just averaged 3.3 assist per game her frosh year even though her team was stacked. Give Paige DT's frontline back in 00-01, Paige is going to average quite a bit more than 3.3 assists per game. She is much more comfortable getting in or near the lane or near to pass or score vs DT who would look briefly inside or just fire away. I can't remember DT doing very many pick-and-rolls in college to the extent PB does. Players do what they are comfortable with the majority of the time when under duress in close games and overall etc.. Paige is more comfortable getting close and making "pass or shot decisions." DT is also comfortable doing it - but much more comfortable bombing away from 3. Never going to see Paige ever being comfortable taking 65% of her shots from 3 like DT did. Paige can shoot from 3 very well but more comfortable [B]slashing[/B]. Her career is not going to be 50% of her attempted shots from 3 either like DT's was unless she never averages much above 11 ppg or similar. For example-- wasn't there a game I think vs Australia or Romania (a close game) in the summer last year that Team USA didn't take one 3 for much of the game? If DT was the same 17-18 year old-- that wouldn't happen unless she missed a few first. That's because DT during her time / era DT was a 3pt shot maker. On the flip side- Paige is going to look to pass much more or take shots closer inside the 3 pt line. You see when her team was pressed (close game) during AAU- imo she wasn't looking to go bombs away from 3. In other words imo DT always believed she was the best scorer on the court while Paige believes she is the best passer on the court. Unless someone is wide open inside DT is mostly firing up a 3 pt shot. Paige is much more comfortable getting closer and being more 50-50 of 2 pt shot or pass. [/QUOTE]

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